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Morrice Dancers at Revesby - 1779 |
The "Plouboys oR modes dancers" at Revesby 1779 |
| 1. |
you gentle lords of honour
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you gentel lordes of honour
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| 2. |
of high and low i say
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of high and lou i say
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| 3. |
we all desire your favour
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wee all desire your favour
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| 4. |
for to see our pleasant play
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that is hear for to see our plesant play
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| 5. |
our play it is the best kind sirs
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our play it is the best kind sir
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| 6. |
that you would like to know
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and that you would licke to know
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| 7. |
and we will do our best sirs
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and wee will do the very best wee can
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| 8. |
and think it well bestowd
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and wee shall thinke it well bestoud
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| 9. |
tho some of us be little
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tho sum of us be little
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| 10. |
and some of a middle sort
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and sum of a midel soart
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| 11. |
we all desire your favour
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wee all desire your favour
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| 12. |
to see our pleasant sport
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thats hear for to see our plesant spoart
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| 13. |
you must not look on our actions
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you must louck not on our actshons
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| 14. |
our wits they are all to seek
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our wits they are all to seek
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| 15. |
so i pray take no exceptions
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and i pray tacke no exeptons
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| 16. |
at what i am agoing to speak
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know of what i am agoing to speak
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| 17. |
we are come over mire and moss
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wee are cund over the mire and mors
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| 18. |
we dance an hobby horse
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wee dance a hobey hors
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| 19. |
a dragon you shall see
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a dragan you shall see
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| 20. |
and a wild worm for to flee
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and a wild worm for to flee
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| 21. |
still we are all brave jovial boys
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1. still wee are all brauve jovel boys
2. still are all brave jovel boys
3. still wee are all brave jovel boys
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| 22. |
and takes delight in christmas toys
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1. and tackes delite in chrismas toys
2. and takes delite in chrismas toys
3. and takes delight in christmas toys
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| 23. |
we are come both for bread and beer
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wee are cumd for both bred and bear
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| 24. |
and hope for better cheer
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and hops for better chear
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| 25. |
and something out of your purse sir
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and sumthing out of your porse sir
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| 26. |
which i hope you will be never the worse sir
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and i hop you will be never the worse sir
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| 27. |
still we are all brave jovial boys
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1. still wee are all brauve jovel boys
2. still are all brave jovel boys
3. still wee are all brave jovel boys
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| 28. |
and takes delight in christmas toys
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1. and tackes delite in chrismas toys
2. and takes delite in chrismas toys
3. and takes delight in christmas toys
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| 29. |
come now mr musick man play me my delight
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cum know mr musick man play mee my delite
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| 30. |
what is that old father
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what is that ould father
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| 31. |
ah boy times is hard
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au boy times is hard
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| 32. |
i love to have money in both pockets
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i louve to hauve money in boath pockets
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| 33. |
you shall have it old father
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you shall hauve it ould father
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| 34. |
let me see it
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1. let me see it
2. let mee see it
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| 35. |
come now you mr allspice
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cum know you mr all spise
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| 36. |
come in come in thou hobby horse
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cum in cum in thou hobby hors
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| 37. |
and bring thy old fool at thy arse
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and bring thy ould fol at thy arse
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| 38. |
sing tanterday sing tanterday
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1. sing tanter a day sing tanter a day
2. sing tanter a day
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| 39. |
sing heigh down down with a derry down a
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1. sing heigh down down with a derry doun a
2. sing heigh down down with a dery down a
3. sing heigh downd downd with a dery down a
4. sing high down with a dery down a
5. sing high down down with a dery down a
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| 40. |
come in come in thou bonny wild worm
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cum in cum in thou boney wild worm
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| 41. |
for thou hast ta en many a lucky turn
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for thou has tain many a luckey turn
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| 42. |
sing tanteraday sing tanteraday
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1. sing tanter a day sing tanter a day
2. sing tanter a day
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| 43. |
sing heigh down down with a derry down
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1. sing heigh down down with a derry doun a
2. sing heigh down down with a dery down a
3. sing heigh downd downd with a dery down a
4. sing high down with a dery down a
5. sing high down down with a dery down a
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| 44. |
come in come in thou dragon stout
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cum in cum in thou dragen stout
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| 45. |
and take thy compass round about
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and take thy cumpas round a bout
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| 46. |
sing tanteraday sing tanteraday
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1. sing tanter a day sing tanter a day
2. sing tanter a day
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| 47. |
sing heigh down down with a derry down
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1. sing heigh down down with a derry doun a
2. sing heigh down down with a dery down a
3. sing heigh downd downd with a dery down a
4. sing high down with a dery down a
5. sing high down down with a dery down a
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| 48. |
now you shall see a full fair fight
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know you shall see a full fair fight
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| 49. |
betwixt our old fool and his right
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betwixt our ould fool and his right
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| 50. |
sing tanteraday sing tanteraday
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1. sing tanter a day sing tanter a day
2. sing tanter a day
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| 51. |
sing heigh down down with a derry down
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1. sing heigh down down with a derry doun a
2. sing heigh down down with a dery down a
3. sing heigh downd downd with a dery down a
4. sing high down with a dery down a
5. sing high down down with a dery down a
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| 52. |
now our scrimage is almost done
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know our scrimmig is all most don
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| 53. |
then you shall see more sport soon
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then you shall see sum more spoart soun
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| 54. |
sing tanteraday sing tanteraday
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1. sing tanter a day sing tanter a day
2. sing tanter a day
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| 55. |
sing heigh down down with a derry down
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1. sing heigh down down with a derry doun a
2. sing heigh down down with a dery down a
3. sing heigh downd downd with a dery down a
4. sing high down with a dery down a
5. sing high down down with a dery down a
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| 56. |
up well hark and up well hind
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upwell hark and upwell hind
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| 57. |
let every man then to his own kind
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let every man then to his own kind
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| 58. |
sing tanteraday sing tanteraday
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1. sing tanter a day sing tanter a day
2. sing tanter a day
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| 59. |
sing heigh down down with a derry down
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1. sing heigh down down with a derry doun a
2. sing heigh down down with a dery down a
3. sing heigh downd downd with a dery down a
4. sing high down with a dery down a
5. sing high down down with a dery down a
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| 60. |
come follow me merry men all
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cum follow me merry men all
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| 61. |
tho we have made bold for to call
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tho wee hauve made bould for to call
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| 62. |
it is only once by the year
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and it is nobod once be the year
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| 63. |
that we are so merry here
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that wee are so mery hear
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| 64. |
still we are all brave jovial boys
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1. still wee are all brauve jovel boys
2. still are all brave jovel boys
3. still wee are all brave jovel boys
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| 65. |
and takes delight in christmas toys
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1. and tackes delite in chrismas toys
2. and takes delite in chrismas toys
3. and takes delight in christmas toys
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| 66. |
what is the matter now father
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what is the matter know father
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| 67. |
why i tell the what pickle herring
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why i tell the what pickel herrin
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| 68. |
as i was alooking round about me
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as i wass a loucking round about me
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| 69. |
through my wooden spectacles
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through my wodden spetckels
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| 70. |
made of a great huge little tiney bit of leather
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made of a great huge littel teney bit of lether
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| 71. |
placed right behind me even before me
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sude right be hint mee even before me
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| 72. |
i thought i saw a feat thing
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i thout i saw a feat thing
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| 73. |
you thought you saw a feat thing
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you thought you saw a feat thing
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| 74. |
what might this feat thing be think you father
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what might this feat thing be think you father
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| 75. |
how can i tell boy except i see it again
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hou can i tell boy except i see it again
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| 76. |
would you know it if you see it again
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do you know it if you see it again
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| 77. |
i cannot tell the boy let me get it looked at
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i cannot tell the boy let mee get it louckt at
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| 78. |
is this it father
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is this it father
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| 79. |
why i protest pickle herring the very same thing
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why i protest pickel herrin the very same thing
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| 80. |
but what might thou call this very pretty thing
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1. but what might thou call this very prity thing
2. well what does thou call this very prity thing
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| 81. |
what might you call it you are older than i am
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what might you call it you are oulder than i am
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| 82. |
how can that be boy when i was born before you
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how can that be boy when i was boarn before you
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| 83. |
that is the reason that makes you older
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that is the reason that mackes you oulder
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| 84. |
well what dost thou call this very pretty thing
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1. but what might thou call this very prity thing
2. well what does thou call this very prity thing
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| 85. |
why i call it a fine large looking glass
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why i call it a fine large loucking glass
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| 86. |
let me see what i can see in this fine large looking glass
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let me see what i can see in this fine large loucking glass
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| 87. |
here s a hole though it i see i see and i see
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here is a hole through it i see i see and i see
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| 88. |
you see and you see and what do you see
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you see and you see and what do you see
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| 89. |
marry e en a fool just like the
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marry ene a fool iust like thee
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| 90. |
it is only your own face in the glass
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it is only your own face in the glas
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| 91. |
why a fool may be mistain sometimes pickle herring
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why a fool may be mistain sumtimes pickel herrin
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| 92. |
but what might this fine large looking glass cost the
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but what might this fine large loucking glass cost thee
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| 93. |
that fine large looking glass cost me a guinea
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that fine larg loucking glass cost mee a genue
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| 94. |
a guinea boy
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a genue bou
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| 95. |
why i could have bought as good a one at my own door for three half pence
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why i could baught as good a won at my own dore for three halpenc
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| 96. |
why fools and cuckholds has always the best luck
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why fools and kuckels has all ways the best luck
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| 97. |
that is a much to say thy father is one
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that is as mich as to say the father is won
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| 98. |
why you pass for one
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why you pass for won
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| 99. |
why was thou such a ninnee boy
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why was thou such a nee boy
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| 100. |
to go to ware a guinea
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to goo to ware a genue
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| 101. |
to look for thy beauty
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to louck for the beuty
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| 102. |
where it never was
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where it never wass
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| 103. |
but i will shew the boy
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but i will shou the boy
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| 104. |
how foolish thou hast wared a deal of good money
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hou foolish thou has waird a deal of god money
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| 105. |
father father you are so merylly disposed this good time
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father father you are so merry dis spoes this god time
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| 106. |
there is no talking to you
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there is no talking to you
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| 107. |
here is very bad news
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1. hear is very bad neus
2. it is very bad news
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| 108. |
very good news i am glad to hear it
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very good nues i am glad to hear it
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| 109. |
i do not hear good news every day
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i do not hear good nues every day
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| 110. |
it is very bad news
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1. hear is very bad neus
2. it is very bad news
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| 111. |
why what is the matter now boy
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why what is the matter know boy
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| 112. |
we have all concluded to cut off your head
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wee hauve all concluded to cut of your hed
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| 113. |
be mercyfull to me a sinner
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be mercy full to mee a sinner
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| 114. |
if you sh d do as you have said
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if thou should do as thou said
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| 115. |
there is no such thing
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there is no sich thing
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| 116. |
i w d not lose my son pickle herring for fifty pounds
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i would not lose my son pickel herrin for fifty pound
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| 117. |
it is your son pickle herring that must lose you
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it is your son pickel herrin that must lose you
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| 118. |
it is your head we desire to take off
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it is your head wee desire to take of
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| 119. |
my head
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my head
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| 120. |
i never had my head taken off in all my life
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i never had my head took of in all my life
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| 121. |
you both must and shall
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you both must and shall
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| 122. |
hold hold boy thou seem st to be in good earnest
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houd houd boy thou seems to be in good ernest
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| 123. |
but i ll tell the where i ll be buryed
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but i tell the whear i will be berid
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| 124. |
why where will you be buried but in the church yard
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why whear will you be berid in the church yard
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| 125. |
where other people are buried
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whear other people is berid
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| 126. |
church yard i never was buried there in all my life
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churchyard i never wass berid ther in all my life
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| 127. |
why where will you be buried
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why whear will you be berid
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| 128. |
ah boy i am often dry
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au boy i am ofens dry
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| 129. |
i will be buried in mr mirfin s ale celler
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i will be berid in mr mirfen aill seller
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| 130. |
it is such a place as i never heard talk off in all my life
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it is such a place as i never hard talk of in all my life
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| 131. |
no nor nobody else boy
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no nor nobody elce boy
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| 132. |
what is your fancy to be buried there
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what is your fancy to be berid thear
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| 133. |
ah boy i am oftens dry
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au boy i am ofens dry
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| 134. |
and when they come to fill the quart i ll drink it off
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and when they cum to fill the quart i drinck it of
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| 135. |
and they will wonder what is the matter
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and they will wonder what the matter is
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| 136. |
how can you do so when you will be dead
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hou can you do so when you will be dead
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| 137. |
we shall take your head from your body
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wee shall tacke your head from your body
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| 138. |
and you will be dead
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and you will be dead
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| 139. |
if i must die i will dye with my face to the light for all you
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if i must dye i will dye with my face to the light for all you
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| 140. |
now gentlemen you see how ungrateful my children is grown
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know gentelmen you see how ungratefull my children is groun
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| 141. |
when i had them all at home
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when i had them all at home
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| 142. |
small about as big as i am
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small about as big as i am
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| 143. |
i put them out to good learning
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i put them out to good larning
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| 144. |
i put them to coxcomb colledge
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i put them to the coxcome collig
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| 145. |
and to the university of loggerheads
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and then to the universaty of loggerheads
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| 146. |
and i took them home again this good time of christmas
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and i took them home again this good time of christmas
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| 147. |
and i examin d them one by one altogether for shortness
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and i examand them all won be won all to gather for shortness
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| 148. |
and now they are grown so proud and so presumptious
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and know they are grown so proud and so prasumtious
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| 149. |
they are a going to kill their old father for his little means
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they are a going to kill thir ould father for his littel means
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| 150. |
so i must dye for all this
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1. so i must dye for all this
2. so i must dye
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| 151. |
you must dye father
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you must dye father
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| 152. |
and i will die for all the tother
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and i will dye for all the tother
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| 153. |
but i have a little something
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but i have a leetel sumthing
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| 154. |
i will give it amongst you as far as it goes
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i will giuve it among you as fare as it goes
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| 155. |
and then i shall dye quietly
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1. and them i shall dye quiatly
2. and i hope i shall dye quiatly
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| 156. |
i hope you will
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i hope you will
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| 157. |
so to my first son pickle herring
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1. so to my first soon pickel herrin
2. so to my first son pickel herrin
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| 158. |
i ll give him the roaned nag
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ile give him the rond nag
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| 159. |
and that will make the rogue brag
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and that will make the roag brag
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| 160. |
and to my second son
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and to my seckend son
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| 161. |
i ll give him the brindled cow
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i will give him the brandeld cow
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| 162. |
and to my third son
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and to my third soon
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| 163. |
i ll give him the sanded sow
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ile giuve him the sanded sow
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| 164. |
and hope i shall please you all enow
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and i hope i shall pleas you all enow
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| 165. |
and to my fourth son
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and to my fouart son
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| 166. |
i give him the great ruff dog
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ile giuve him the great ruf dog
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| 167. |
for he always lives like a hog
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for he allwais lives like a hog
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| 168. |
and to my fifth son
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and to my fift
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| 169. |
i ll give him the ram
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son ile giuve him the ram
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| 170. |
and i ll die like a lamb
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and ile dye like alam
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| 171. |
how now father
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1. how know father
2. heigh ould father
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| 172. |
how now there boy
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how then boy
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| 173. |
i have another squeak for my life
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i have another squeck for my life
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| 174. |
you have a many
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you hauve a many
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| 175. |
so i must dye
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1. so i must dye for all this
2. so i must dye
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| 176. |
you must dye father
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you must dye father
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| 177. |
hold i have yet a little something more to leave amongst you
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i hauve a leetel sumthing ile leave among you
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| 178. |
and then i hope i shall dye quietly
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1. and them i shall dye quiatly
2. and i hope i shall dye quiatly
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| 179. |
so to my first son pickle herring
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1. so to my first soon pickel herrin
2. so to my first son pickel herrin
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| 180. |
i ll give him my cap and my coat
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ile giuve him my cap and my coat
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| 181. |
a very good sute boy
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a very good sut boy
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| 182. |
and to my second son
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and to my seckend son
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| 183. |
i ll give him my purse and apparel
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ile giuve him my purs and aparrel
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| 184. |
but be sure boys you do not quarrel
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but be sure boys do not quarrel
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| 185. |
as to my other three
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as for my other three
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| 186. |
my executors they shall be
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my exceters they shall be
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| 187. |
hold hold boy now i submit my soul to god
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hould hould boy know i submit my soul to god
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| 188. |
a very good thought old father
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a verry good thought ould father
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| 189. |
mareham church yard i hope shall have my bones
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mareham church yard i hop shall hauve my bones
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| 190. |
heigh old father
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1. how know father
2. heigh ould father
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| 191. |
why boy since i have been out this troublesome world
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why boy sinc i been out of this trubelsum world
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| 192. |
i have heard so much musick of fiddles playing and bells ringing
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i hauve hard so much musick of fidels plang and bels a ringin
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| 193. |
that i have a great fancy to go away singing
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that i have a great fancy for to goo away singin
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| 194. |
so prithee pickle herring let me have one of thy best songs
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prethey pickel herrin let mee have one of thy best songs
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| 195. |
you shall have it old father
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you shall hauve it ould father
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| 196. |
let me see it
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1. let me see it
2. let mee see it
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| 197. |
good people all i pray you now behold
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good people all i prey you know bhould
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| 198. |
our old fool s bracelet is not made of gold
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our ould fool braselet tis not mad of gould
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| 199. |
but it is made of iron and good steel
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but it is made of iren and good steel
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| 200. |
and unto death we ll make this old fool yield
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and unto death weel mack this ould fool yeld
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| 201. |
i pray forbear my children small
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i pay for bear my chisdren small
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| 202. |
for as i am lost as parent to you all
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for as i am lost i preparent all
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| 203. |
o let me live a while your sport for to advance
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1. o let mee live your spoart then to advance
2. but i will arise your spoart then too advance
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| 204. |
that i may rise again and with you have a dance
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that i may arise and with you have a dance
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| 205. |
now old father you now know our will
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no no ould father you do now our will
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| 206. |
that for your estate we do your body kill
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for your estate wee do your body kill
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| 207. |
soon after death the bell for you shall toll
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soun after death the bell for you shall toul
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| 208. |
and wish the lord he may receive your soul
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and i wish the loard he may receiv your soul
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| 209. |
good people all you see what we have done
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good people all you see what wee hauve don
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| 210. |
we have cut down our father like ye evening sun
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wee hauve cut down our father licke the evening son
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| 211. |
and here he lies in all his purple gore
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and hear he lies all in his porpel goar
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| 212. |
and we are afraid he never will dance more
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and wee are afraid he ner will dance no moar
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| 213. |
no no my children by chance you are all mistain
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no no my children by chance you are all mistain
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| 214. |
for here i find myself i am not slain
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for hear i found my self i am not slain
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| 215. |
but i will rise your sport then to advance
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1. o let mee live your spoart then to advance
2. but i will arise your spoart then too advance
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| 216. |
and with you all brave boys i ll have a dance
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and with you all brave bois i huve a dance
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| 217. |
hear you do you please to hear the sport of a fool
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hear you you do you pleas to hear the spoart of a fool
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| 218. |
a fool for why
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a fool for why
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| 219. |
because i can neither leap skip nor dance
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because i can neither leap scip nor danc but
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| 220. |
but cut a caper thus high
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cut a caper thus high
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| 221. |
sound musick i must be gon
|
1. sound musick i must be gon
2. but sound musick i must begon
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| 222. |
the lord of pool draws nigh
|
the lord a poul drous nigh
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| 223. |
i am the lord of pool
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i am the loard of poal
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| 224. |
and here begins my measure
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and hear begins my meshur
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| 225. |
and after me a fool
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and after mee a fool
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| 226. |
to dance a while for pleasure
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to dance a while for plesher
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| 227. |
in cupids school
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in cupits cool
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| 228. |
a fool a fool a fool
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a fool a fool a fool
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| 229. |
a fool i heard thou say
|
a fool i heard them say
|
| 230. |
but more the other way
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but moar the other way
|
| 231. |
for here i have a tool
|
but hear i hauve a tool
|
| 232. |
will make a maid to play
|
will macke a maid to play
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| 233. |
although in cupids school
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all though in cuptis cool
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| 234. |
come all away
|
cum all a away
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| 235. |
i am the knight of lee
|
i am the night of lee
|
| 236. |
and here i have a dagger
|
and hear i hauve a dager
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| 237. |
offended not to be
|
ofended not to be
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| 238. |
come in thou needy beggar
|
cum in thou needy beger
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| 239. |
and follow me
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and follow me
|
| 240. |
behold behold behold
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behould behould behould
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| 241. |
a man of poor estate
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a man of pooar estate
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| 242. |
not one penny to infold
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not one peny to in fould
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| 243. |
my money is out at use or else i would
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my money is out at use or elce i would
|
| 244. |
with a hack a hack a hack
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with a hack a hack a hak
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| 245. |
see how i will skip and dance
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see how i will scip and they may dance
|
| 246. |
for joys that we have found
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for goys that wee have found
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| 247. |
let each man take his chance
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let each man tacke his chanc
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| 248. |
and we will all dance around
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and wee will all dance round
|
| 249. |
here comes i that never come yet
|
hear cums i that never came yet
|
| 250. |
since last time lovy
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sinc last time louvy
|
| 251. |
i have a great head but little wit
|
i hauve a great head but i hauve but aletil wit
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| 252. |
tho my head be great and my wits be small
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tho my head be great and my wits be small
|
| 253. |
i can play the fool for a while as well as best of you all
|
i can play the fol for awhile as well as the best of them all
|
| 254. |
my name is noble anthony
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my name it is noubel antony
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| 255. |
i am as meloncholly as a mantle tree
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i am as mallencoly as the manteltree
|
| 256. |
i am come to show you a little sport and activity
|
i am cumd to show you a littel spoart activaty
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| 257. |
and soon too
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and soun too
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| 258. |
make room for noble anthony
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make room for noubel antony
|
| 259. |
and all his good company
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and all his good cumpany
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| 260. |
drive out all these proud rogues
|
drive out all these proud roges
|
| 261. |
and let my lady and i have a parl
|
and let my lady and i hauve a parl
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| 262. |
o ye clown what makes you drive out my men so soon
|
o ye cloun what makes ye drive my men out so soun
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| 263. |
o pardon madam pardon
|
o parden madam parden
|
| 264. |
and i will never offend you more
|
and i will never ofend you moar
|
| 265. |
i will make your men come in as fast
|
i will make your men cum in as fast
|
| 266. |
as ever they did before
|
as ever they did befoar
|
| 267. |
i pray you at my sight and drive it not till night
|
i pray you at my sight and drive it not till night
|
| 268. |
that i may see them dance once more so lovely i my sight
|
that i may see them dance once more so cumbly in my sight
|
| 269. |
a faith madam and so i will i will play the man
|
a faith madem and so i will i will play the man
|
| 270. |
and make them come in as fast as ever i can
|
and make them cum in as fast as every i can
|
| 271. |
but hold gip mrs clagarse how do you sell geese
|
but hoild gip mrs clagdarse how do you sell gees
|
| 272. |
go look mister midgecock twelve pence apiece
|
go louk mester migcock twelpenc a pes
|
| 273. |
oh the pretty pardon
|
aw the prity parden
|
| 274. |
a gip for a frown
|
a gip for a frown
|
| 275. |
an ale wife for an apparitor
|
an aillwife for a paliter
|
| 276. |
a rope for a clown
|
a rope for a clown
|
| 277. |
why all the devise in the country
|
why all the devise in the cuntry
|
| 278. |
cannot pull this down
|
cannot put this down
|
| 279. |
i am a valiant knight just come from the seas
|
i am a valrant night new cumd from the seas
|
| 280. |
you do know me do you
|
you do mow mee do you
|
| 281. |
i can kill ten thousd tho they be but fleas
|
i can cill you ten thousand all tho they be but fleas
|
| 282. |
i can kill you a man for an ounce of mustard
|
i can cill you one man for a mece of mustord
|
| 283. |
or i can kill you ten thousand for a good custard
|
or i can cill you ten thousand for a good custord
|
| 284. |
i have an old sheep skin
|
i hauve a ould sheep skin
|
| 285. |
and i lap it well in
|
and i lap it well in
|
| 286. |
sword and buckler by my side all ready for to fight
|
soard and buckler by my side all redy for to fight
|
| 287. |
come out you whores and gluttons all
|
cum out ye hores and gluttans all
|
| 288. |
for had it not been in this country
|
for had not i been in this cuntry
|
| 289. |
i shd not have shewen my valour amongst you
|
i should not a shoun my valer among you
|
| 290. |
but sound musick for i must be gone
|
1. sound musick i must be gon
2. but sound musick i must begon
|
| 291. |
in first and formost do i come
|
in first and foremost do i cum
|
| 292. |
all for to lead this race
|
all for to lead this race
|
| 293. |
seeking the country far and near
|
seecking this cuntry fare and near
|
| 294. |
so fair a lady to embrace
|
so fair a lady to im brace
|
| 295. |
so fair a lady did i never see
|
o so fair a ladey did i never see
|
| 296. |
so comely in my sight
|
so cumbly in my sight
|
| 297. |
drest in her gaudy gold
|
drest in her gauded gould
|
| 298. |
and silver shining bright
|
and silver shining bright
|
| 299. |
she has fingers long and rings of honor of beaten gold
|
shee has fingers long and rings of honor of beaten gould
|
| 300. |
my masters all behold
|
my masters all behould
|
| 301. |
it is now for some pretty dancing time
|
tis know for sum prity dancen time
|
| 302. |
and we will foot it fine
|
and wee will futit fine
|
| 303. |
i am a youth of jollitree
|
i am a youth of jollatree
|
| 304. |
where is there one like unto me
|
whear is thear one licke unto mee
|
| 305. |
my hair is bush d very thick
|
my hair is bushed very thick
|
| 306. |
my body is like an hasel stick
|
my body is planted licke a hesel stick
|
| 307. |
my legs they quaver like an eel
|
my legs they quaver lick an eel
|
| 308. |
my arms become my body weel
|
my arms be cums my bodey well
|
| 309. |
my fingers they are long and small
|
my fingers they are long and small
|
| 310. |
am not i a jolly youth proper and tall
|
am not i a golly youth proper and tall
|
| 311. |
therefore mister musick man
|
1. thearfoar mester musick man
2. thearfore mester musick man
|
| 312. |
whatsoever may be my chance
|
1. what so ever may be mee chance
2. what so ever may be my chance
|
| 313. |
it is for my ladies love and mine
|
1. it is for mee ladis louve and mine
2. it is for mee ladys louve and mine
|
| 314. |
strike up the morris dance
|
1. strik up the modes dance
2. strike up the modes dance
|
| 315. |
i am a jolly young man of flesh blood and bone
|
i am a iolly young man of flesh blood and boan
|
| 316. |
give ear my masters all each one
|
giuve ear my masters all each one
|
| 317. |
and especially you my lady dear
|
and a speashealy you my lady dear
|
| 318. |
i hope you like me well
|
i hope you licke mee well
|
| 319. |
of all the gallants here
|
of all the gallants that is hear
|
| 320. |
it is i that doth so well
|
it is i that doth so well
|
| 321. |
therefore mister musick man
|
1. thearfoar mester musick man
2. thearfore mester musick man
|
| 322. |
whatsoever may be my chance
|
1. what so ever may be mee chance
2. what so ever may be my chance
|
| 323. |
it is for my ladie s love and mine
|
1. it is for mee ladis louve and mine
2. it is for mee ladys louve and mine
|
| 324. |
strike up the morris dance
|
1. strik up the modes dance
2. strike up the modes dance
|
| 325. |
i am my fathers eldest son and heir of all his land
|
i am my fathers eldest son and air of all his land
|
| 326. |
and in a short time i hope it will fall into my hands
|
and in a short time i hope it will fall into my hands
|
| 327. |
i was brought up at lindsey court all the days of my life
|
i wass brought up at linsa coart all the days of my life
|
| 328. |
here stands a fair lady i wish she was my wife
|
hear stands a fair lady i wish shee was my wife
|
| 329. |
i love her at my heart
|
i louve her at my hart
|
| 330. |
and from her i will never start
|
and from her i will never start
|
| 331. |
therefore mr musick man play up my part
|
thearfore mr musick man play up my part
|
| 332. |
and mine too
|
and mine toou
|
| 333. |
sweet ciss if thou wilt be my love
|
sweet sis if thou wif be my louve
|
| 334. |
a thousand pounds i will give thee
|
a thousand pounds will i guive thee
|
| 335. |
no you re too old sir and i am too young
|
no you to ould sir and i am too young
|
| 336. |
and alas old man that must not be
|
and alas ould man that may not bee
|
| 337. |
i ll buy the a gown of violet blue
|
i by the a goun of the ilat bliv
|
| 338. |
a petticoat imbroadered to thy knee
|
apeticoat in brauderd to thy knee
|
| 339. |
likewise my love to thee shall be true
|
licke wise my louve this shall be true
|
| 340. |
but alas old man that must not be
|
and alas ould man that may not bee
|
| 341. |
thou shalt walk at thy pleasure love all the day
|
thou shall walck at thy plesher louve all the day
|
| 342. |
if at night thou will but come home to me
|
if at night thou will but cum home to mee
|
| 343. |
and in my house bear all the sway
|
and in my house bear all the sway
|
| 344. |
your children they ll find fault with me
|
your children they will find falt with mee
|
| 345. |
i ll turn my children out of doors
|
i will turn my childeren out of doors
|
| 346. |
and so i fear you will do me
|
yes so i fear you will do mee
|
| 347. |
nay then sweet ciss ne er trust me more
|
nay then sweet sis never trust mee mooar
|
| 348. |
for i never loved lass like the before
|
for i never louvd las licke thee be foar
|
| 349. |
no nor behind neither
|
no nor be hint nather
|
| 350. |
well met sweet ciss well over ta en
|
well met sweet sis well over tain
|
| 351. |
you are kindly wellcome sir to me
|
you are cindly welckem sir to mee
|
| 352. |
i will wipe my eyes and i ll look again
|
i will wipe my eyes and i will couck again
|
| 353. |
me thinks sweet ciss i now the see
|
mee thincks sweet sis i now the see
|
| 354. |
why this my dear i will give the
|
why this my dear i will giuve thee
|
| 355. |
and all i have it shall be thine
|
and all i hauve it shall be thine
|
| 356. |
kind sir i thank you heartelly
|
cind sir i thank you hartaly
|
| 357. |
stand back stand back thou silly old swain
|
stand back stand back thou silly auld swain
|
| 358. |
this girl shall go with none but me
|
this girl shall goo with non but mee
|
| 359. |
i will not
|
i nawnot
|
| 360. |
stand back stand back or i ll cleave thy brain
|
stand back stand back or i will cleve your brain
|
| 361. |
o now sweet ciss i am come to thee
|
o know sweet sis i am cumd to thee
|
| 362. |
you are as wellcome as the rest
|
you are as welckem as the rest
|
| 363. |
wherein you brag so lustilly
|
whear in you brag so lustaly
|
| 364. |
for a thousand pounds she loves me best
|
for a thousand pounds shee louvs mee the best
|
| 365. |
i can see by the twinkling of her ee
|
i can see by the twincklin of her ee
|
| 366. |
i have store of gold whereon i boast
|
i hauve stooar of gould whear on i bost
|
| 367. |
likewise my sword love shall fight for the
|
licke wise my soard louve shall fight for thee
|
| 368. |
when all is done love i ll scour the coast
|
when all is don louve i will scower the coars
|
| 369. |
and bring in gold for thee and me
|
and bring in gould for thee and mee
|
| 370. |
your gold may gain as good as i
|
your gould may gaine as good as i
|
| 371. |
but by no means it shall tempt me
|
but by no means it shall temp mee
|
| 372. |
for youthfull years and frozen age
|
for youth full years and frosen age
|
| 373. |
cannot in any wise agree
|
cannot in any cais agree
|
| 374. |
sweet mistress be advised by me
|
sweet mistres be advised by mee
|
| 375. |
do not let this old man be denyed
|
do not let this ould man be denyd
|
| 376. |
but love him for his gold in store
|
but louve him for his gould in stoar
|
| 377. |
himself may serve for a cloak beside
|
him self may serve for a cloack besids
|
| 378. |
yes sir but you are not in the right
|
yes sir you are not in the right
|
| 379. |
stand back stand back and do not council me
|
stand back and do not you councel mee
|
| 380. |
for i love a lad that will make me laugh
|
for i louve a lad that will macke mee laf
|
| 381. |
in a secret place to pleasure me
|
in a secret plais to pleshuar mee
|
| 382. |
good wench
|
good wensh
|
| 383. |
love i have a beard as white as milk
|
louve i have a beard as whit as milck
|
| 384. |
ne er better for that thou silly old man
|
near better for that thou silly ould man
|
| 385. |
besides my skin love is soft as silk
|
be sides my skin louve is as soft as silck
|
| 386. |
and thy face shines like a dripping pan
|
and thy face shines licke a driping pan
|
| 387. |
rafe what has thou to pleasure her
|
1. raf what has thou for to pleshuer mee
2. rafe what has thou for to plesuer her
|
| 388. |
why a great deal more boy than there s in the
|
why a great deal moar boy then there is in thee
|
| 389. |
nay then old rogue i thee defye
|
1. nay then ould roage i thee defy
2. nay then ould roag i thee defy
|
| 390. |
pray dear friends fall not out for me
|
i pray dear frinds fall not out for mee
|
| 391. |
once i could skip leap dance and sing
|
once i could scip leap dance and sing
|
| 392. |
why will not you give place to me
|
why will not you giuve place to mee
|
| 393. |
nay then old rogue i thee defye
|
1. nay then ould roage i thee defy
2. nay then ould roag i thee defy
|
| 394. |
for thy nose stands like a maypole tree
|
for thy noes standes licke a maypoul tree
|
| 395. |
sweet mistress mind what this man doth say
|
sweet mistres mind what this man doth say
|
| 396. |
for he speaks nothing but the truth
|
for hee speacks nothing but the truth
|
| 397. |
look on the soldier now i pray
|
look on the soulger know i pray
|
| 398. |
see is not he a handsome youth
|
see is not hee a hansom youth
|
| 399. |
sir i am engaged to one i love
|
sir i am ingaged to won i louvd
|
| 400. |
and ever constant i will be
|
and ever constant i will be
|
| 401. |
there is nothing that i prize above
|
thear is nothing that i prise abouve
|
| 402. |
for a thousand pounds she s gone from me
|
for a thousand pound shee is gon for from mee
|
| 403. |
thou may lay two
|
thou may lay too
|
| 404. |
old father for your reverend years
|
ould father for your reverant years
|
| 405. |
stand you the next man unto me
|
stand you the next man unto mee
|
| 406. |
then he that doth the weapon bear
|
and hee that doth the weapen bear
|
| 407. |
for i will have the hind man of the three
|
i would have the hint man of three
|
| 408. |
old father a fig for your old gold
|
ould father of fig for youer ould gould
|
| 409. |
the solder he shall bear no sway
|
the soulger hee shall bear no sway
|
| 410. |
but you shall see and so shall we
|
but you shall see and so shall wee
|
| 411. |
tis i that carries the lass away
|
tis i that carys the las away
|
| 412. |
a story it is true be it known unto you |
|
| 413. |
i have lately fallen heir to some land |
|
| 414. |
some little time ago i was very poor and low |
|
| 415. |
but have all things now at command |
|
| 416. |
with my hawk and my hound and my gelding for to ride |
|
| 417. |
my servants to wait and run by my side |
|
| 418. |
which is the biggest pleasure fortune can provide |
|
| 419. |
i have rents coming in twice a year |
|
| 420. |
i am a man behold that has got great store of gold |
|
| 421. |
and your tennant i am willing to be |
|
| 422. |
if you ll let me your land sir i ll take it here s my hand sir |
|
| 423. |
and a farmer i ll venture to be |
|
| 424. |
and all that doth against the land befall |
|
| 425. |
taxes and town charges you shall pay them all |
|
| 426. |
and all other repairs whether they be great or small |
|
| 427. |
then your rent you shall have twice a year |
|
| 428. |
us landlords live at ease eats and drinks what we please |
|
| 429. |
which is the greatest pleasure that can a man befall |
|
| 430. |
we sit down by the fire drest in rich attire |
|
| 431. |
we have our servants to wait when we call |
|
| 432. |
i walk up and down in my chamber and my room |
|
| 433. |
likewise in my closet amongst my rich perfume |
|
| 434. |
there are few unto me come or indeed dare presume |
|
| 435. |
for i have rents coming in twice a year |
|
| 436. |
to the market i do ride with my hanger by my side |
|
| 437. |
which is the biggest pleasure that can a man befall |
|
| 438. |
if a bargain i do see that will beneficial me |
|
| 439. |
i have money to pay for it all |
|
| 440. |
then streight into the alehouse my chapman for to pay |
|
| 441. |
my servants follow after to drive my goods away |
|
| 442. |
i have no need to put them up to feed on coin and hay |
|
| 443. |
for to pay you your rent twice a year |
|
| 444. |
you bear an outward shew how it is i do not know |
|
| 445. |
but of late full of money you are grown |
|
| 446. |
you drink you drive a trade many bargains you have made |
|
| 447. |
so pray you mr tennant give some leave to speak |
|
| 448. |
i am very much afraid many such as you will break |
|
| 449. |
whilst we honest landlords our rents we may go seek |
|
| 450. |
that should be coming in twice a year |
|
| 451. |
kind sir i do perceive and i beg you ll give me leave |
|
| 452. |
and i ll answer you as well as i can |
|
| 453. |
many landlords there be by their bad husbandry |
|
| 454. |
are forced to sell off their land |
|
| 455. |
and when the land is sold the landlord cannot work |
|
| 456. |
then streight into the army he s forced for to lurk |
|
| 457. |
whilst we poor honest tennants must work like a turk |
|
| 458. |
for to pay you your rents twice a year |
|
| 459. |
go go you saucy blade and do not me degrade |
|
| 460. |
nor tell me of selling my land |
|
| 461. |
you have done well with speaking tell me no more of breaking |
|
| 462. |
and i will obey your command |
|
| 463. |
a lawyer or a landlord i am resolved to be |
|
| 464. |
then you should let your land sir to such a one as me |
|
| 465. |
what care i for thee is not another as good as thee |
|
| 466. |
that will pay me my rents twice a year |
|
| 467. |
kind sir i do think fit that you i should submit |
|
| 468. |
and you shall have the upper hand |
|
| 469. |
well said if you can do it i will never turn you out |
|
| 470. |
you shall rent some part of my land |
|
| 471. |
i like a loving landlord and him i mean to pay |
|
| 472. |
i like a loving tennant sometime of him i ll say |
|
| 473. |
this is to let you know you tennants must obey |
|
| 474. |
and pay landlords their rents twice a year |
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